takes place at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto (in Johannesburg, South Africa) on Thursday, June 10 at 20:00 local time (GMT+2).
The concert will be broadcast live worldwide.
Opening Ceremony preceding the Opening Match - June 11 The opening match of the FIFA World Cup games itself - the first-ever games to be held on the African continent - takes place on Friday afternoon, June 11, at 16:00 (GMT+2) in Johannesburg.The opening ceremony takes places 2 hours before the actual match, viz. at 14:00 (GMT+2). The host South African team, Bafana Bafana, takes on Mexico.
Soccer city stadium, Johannesburg.
The opening ceremony took place on 11 June 2010 at 14:00 CAT which corresponds to 12:00 GMT.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony was held in the Arena Corinthians in São Paulo, Brazil on Thursday, June 12.
11 June 2010.
Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter was killed in a traffic accident in the early hours of Friday, June 11, 2010; this happened on the way home from the opening ceremony of the World Cup.(See Related question.)
Calvin harris - I'm not alone
Ravshan Irmatov of Uzbekistan is the referee of the opening game played between South Africa and Mexico in 2010 fifa world cup.
17:30 ist 12:00 gmt
16:00 (UTC+2)
Timothy Moloi
Spain won the 2010 fifa world cup.
K'NAAN and the song is called wavin flag